Marc Harshman

Schedule of Events

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  • March-August

    AHWIR Marc Harshman selects winners of WV Fiction Competition, writes reviews for finalists whose stories will appear in the Harshman anthology volume, participates in webpage construction, interview and assists with Appalachian Heritage scholarship and research associated with his writing.

  • August-September

    Anthology Photographic Art Exhibit, Scarborough Library Reading Room and Virtual Art Online; Exhibit Curator Mike Mendez.

  • Friday, September 20

    6:30 p.m.
    Byrd CHE, Shepherdstown Film Society Screening of 2018 Award-winning Film “Mountain Minor”, the discussion led by Appalachian Scholar and Ethnomusicologist, Professor Rachael Meads, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities.
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  • Saturday, September 21

    All Day
    Day-long “Appalachian Heritage Festival” and evening Concert, Produced by Rachael Meads and the Performing Arts Series at Shepherd (PASS).
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  • Monday, September 23

    6:30 p.m.
    Byrd CHE, “Running with Whiskey: A Journey of Resiliency, through Music, Poetry, and Story,” with Doug Van Gundy and Marc Harshman, sponsored by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities; followed by reception and book signings.
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  • Tuesday, September 24

    6:30 p.m.
    Scarborough Reading Room, “A Celebration of the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, with Poets Randi Ward and Marc Harshman”, sponsored by the WV Center for the Book and Shepherd Foundation, followed by reception and book signings.
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  • Wednesday, September 25

    9:30 a.m.
    Marc Harshman Reading and Q&A for Berkeley County Students at Martinsburg High School, sponsored by the WV Library Commission.
    11:30 a.m.
    Marc Harshman Reading and Zoom Conversation with WV Books Clubs, Public Librarians, and Public School Teachers, Byrd 165.
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    1 p.m.
    Marc Harshman and the Shepherdstown Library Giving Circle, Lunch and Book Q&A at the Bavarian Inn.
    6:30 p.m.
    Byrd Legislative Center, “The Writing Life, with Marc Harshman”, Byrd CHE (writer discusses his work, the writing process, and journey as an author and an Appalachian), followed by reception and book signing.
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  • Thursday, September 26

    12 p.m.
    Lunch with Senior Moments Book Club
    2 p.m.
    Byrd Legislative Center, “Writers Master Class: ’The Art of Children’s Literature, with Marc Harshman’"
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    5 p.m.
    Dinner at The Press Room in Shepherdstown with Fiction Competition Winners
    7 p.m.
    Scarborough Society Lecture/Keynote and Awards Ceremony, “Poetry All Around Us, with Marc Harshman,” (Harshman receives the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award, presents WV Fiction Competition awards, and gives Scarborough Lecture, Byrd CHE, followed by reception and book signing).
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  • Friday, September 27

    Morning Interview with “WV Public Radio Liz McCormick”.
    6:30 p.m.
    "Stories All Around Us, with Adam Booth, Byrd CHE”
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